Sea Shells

Author : Cynthia Barnett
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780393651454

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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans by Cynthia Barnett Pdf

A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

Author : R Viswakumar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9798885559980

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Sea Shells by R Viswakumar Pdf

Quotes are quoted as the translation of one’s own experiences in life. For eons, the message is passed on from one generation to another by way of sharing their experience in writing. It is simple literary work and not about literary skills either. Many a time we have to read between lines. Unless one dives deep into his heart with deep introspection it is not possible to reflect the experiences in writings like picking pearls from the deep sea, hence the title ‘SEA SHELLS’. Those on shore never know or realize how deep the experience is unless they dwell in their experience. For the same reason, quotes do not transform a reader but can only remind introspect reader’s experience.

Author : Shari Skeie
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612111537

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Sea Shells by Shari Skeie Pdf

What happens when you put a sea shell up to your ear? You hear the sound of crashing ocean waves. This book explores spiral sea shells, sea shells with two parts, and how animals live in sea shells.

Author : Melissa Stewart
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580898102

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Seashells by Melissa Stewart Pdf

Prolific, award-winning nonfiction author Melissa Stewart reveals the surprising ways seashells provide more than shelter to the mollusks that inhabit them. Young naturalists discover thirteen seashells in this elegant introduction to the remarkable versatility of shells. Dual-layered text highlights how shells provide more than a protective home in this expository nonfiction exploration. The informative secondary text underscores characteristics specific to each shell. Elegant watercolor illustrations create a scrapbook feel, depicting children from around the world observing and sketching seashells across shores.

Author : Hans Meinhardt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662036174

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The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells by Hans Meinhardt Pdf

The pigment patterns on tropieal shells are of great beauty and diversity. They fas cinate by their mixture of regularity and irregularity. A partieular pattern seems to follow partieular mIes but these mIes allow variations. No two shells are identical. The motionless patterns appear to be static, and, indeed, they consist of calcified material. However, as will be shown in this book, the underlying mechanism that gene rates this beauty is eminently dynamic. It has much in common with other dynamie systems that generate patterns, such as a wind-sand system that forms large dunes, or rain and erosion that form complex ramified river systems. On other shells the underlying mechanism has much in common with waves such as those commonly observed in the spread of an epidemie. A mollusc can enlarge its shell only at the shell margin. In most cases, only at this margin are new elements of the pigmentation pattern added. Therefore, the shell pattern preserves arecord in time of a process that took place in a narrow zone at the growing edge. A certain point on the shell represents a certain moment in its history. Like a time machine one can go into the past or the future just by turning the shell back and forth. Having this complete historieal record opens the possibility of decoding the generic principles behind this beauty. My interest in these patterns began with a dinner in an Italian restaurant.

Author : H. de Mendoza
Publisher : Babelcube Inc.
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781071517635

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Senda and the Whispering Sea Shells by H. de Mendoza Pdf

Synopsis: Senda and the Whispering Sea Shells “Don’t talk to strangers,” Senda says to herself as she walks the streets of Santa Cruz, California, otherwise known as Weird City – a good name for the place where she was born. After all, she, with her illness, is among the weirdest. What Senda never imagined was that she would find her life turned upside down, where she becomes the main character in an unbelievable adventure in an apocalyptic world. Here, Senda will have to face her greatest fears. The night it all started, as she walked aimlessly down the strangest ocean-side walkway in California, began when a homeless man gave her a sea shell. A sudden earthquake (if they aren’t all sudden, this one surely was), and Senda found herself splashing helplessly in the waves. Everything that followed seemed like a dream, with spirit animals, Native American Ohlones, the fall of civilization, and the inexplicable senility of the adults. This tale of frightening adventures runs from the escarpments of the Pacific Ocean to the grand and mystical Redwood Forests of California. What if humanity’s destiny really was in your hands? What would you do? What would you be willing to sacrifice to save people that never showed any interest in you or your problems? Follow along with Senda in her journey and discover the talking sea shells, find what causes the strange behavior of the adults, hear about the incredible history of the Ohlone children, travel back to the pirates and conquistadors of the Old World, uncover the identity of those mysterious men hidden behind space-men-like masks, and especially, be part of the most advanced scientific breakthrough that neither Jules Vern nor Elon Musk could have predicted. Now translated from the original Spanish by ecologist and conservationist James J. Roper, Ph.D. (who also enjoys good adventure), this second novel by H. de Mendoza is a magical story of preadolescent friendship and adve

Author : Alonzo Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HWXP1B

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Love, Forest Flowers, and Sea Shells by Alonzo Lewis Pdf

Author : Thomas FISHER (of Pennsylvania.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026823682

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Songs of the Sea Shells, and Other Poems by Thomas FISHER (of Pennsylvania.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781646433377

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She Sells Sea Shells (The Revised Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Get tongue-tied with 25 entertaining tongue twisters, paired with wacky and witty illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Chwast brings these fun verbal gymnastics to life with vibrant color and humor. Readers will delight in Chwast’s distinctive style as they challenge themselves with phrases such as “My Swiss miss misses Mississippi,” “Giddy gladiators grow gladiolas,” and “If Shep chews shoes what shoes will he choose?” With engaging illustrations and a unique perspective, this creative book will capture the interests of readers of all ages as they stumble through its pages.? Acclaimed graphic designer Seymour Chwast is the co-founder of Push Pin Studios, now Pushpin Group. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and many other publications. Chwast illustrated Harry’s Bath (2005) and a series of graphic novel adaptations of major classic works with Bloomsbury Press, including Dante’s Inferno (2010), Canterbury Tales (2011), and The Odyssey (2012).

Author : Marianne Berkes
Publisher : Dawn Publications (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1584694890

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Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes Pdf

A child and her companions collect a number of seashells from one to twelve.

Author : M.G. Harasewych,Fabio Moretzsohn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226177052

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The Book of Shells by M.G. Harasewych,Fabio Moretzsohn Pdf

Who among us hasn’t marveled at the diversity and beauty of shells? Or picked one up, held it to our ear, and then gazed in wonder at its shape and hue? Many a lifelong shell collector has cut teeth (and toes) on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, the Outer Banks, or the coasts of Sanibel Island. Some have even dived to the depths of the ocean. But most of us are not familiar with the biological origin of shells, their role in explaining evolutionary history, and the incredible variety of forms in which they come. Shells are the external skeletons of mollusks, an ancient and diverse phylum of invertebrates that are in the earliest fossil record of multicellular life over 500 million years ago. There are over 100,000 kinds of recorded mollusks, and some estimate that there are over amillion more that have yet to be discovered. Some breathe air, others live in fresh water, but most live in the ocean. They range in size from a grain of sand to a beach ball and in weight from a few grams to several hundred pounds. And in this lavishly illustrated volume, they finally get their full due. The Book of Shells offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most intriguing mollusk shells, each chosen to convey the range of shapes and sizes that occur across a range of species. Each shell is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the shell’s range, distribution, abundance, habitat, and operculum—the piece that protects the mollusk when it’s in the shell. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each shell and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Matchless Cone, for instance, or Conus cedonulli, was one of the rarest shells collected during the eighteenth century. So much so, in fact, that a specimen in 1796 was sold for more than six times as much as a painting by Vermeer at the same auction. But since the advent of scuba diving, this shell has become far more accessible to collectors—though not without certain risks. Some species of Conus produce venom that has caused more than thirty known human deaths. The Zebra Nerite, the Heart Cockle, the Indian Babylon, the Junonia, the Atlantic Thorny Oyster—shells from habitats spanning the poles and the tropics, from the highest mountains to the ocean’s deepest recesses, are all on display in this definitive work.

Author : Sangeeta M. Sonak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319550992

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Marine Shells of Goa by Sangeeta M. Sonak Pdf

This book offers a unique introduction to the study of shells and molluscs for all those who take pleasure in shells, the treasure of the sea. However, unlike other shell albums, compendiums or guides, the central focus of this book is on shells and not molluscs. Therefore, in addition to the classification and identification of shells, the book also addresses aspects including the shell art and shell craft of Goa, the importance of shells, and literary works related to shells and their writers. The book also describes various shell habitats of Goa. The primary objective of this book is to introduce readers to the concept of shell heritage and to spark curiosity and scientific interest, not just among conchologists but also local and visiting beachgoers. Accordingly, it primarily uses straightforward, non-technical language. The book will also appeal to those readers without any previous knowledge of the subject, helping them to understand and appreciate the shells that they collect from the seashores of Goa.

Author : Jo Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351707138

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Grandpa Seashells by Jo Johnson Pdf

'Grandpa Sea Shells' tells the story of three young children who spend a day with their grandparents after their grandfather has been diagnosed with dementia. The book is intended to support conversation at the time of first changes in a relative, a diagnosis of dementia and mild to moderate progression. Families and clinicians have told us this is the time period when they need material to support their explanations to children. Whilst the book could be used to start a conversation about any form of dementia, most of the key symptoms described in this story reflect the typical features associated with the Alzheimer's type, as this continues to be the most common. This book has been designed so that children of between four and ten can read it independently. Ideally it should be used with an adult to facilitate discussion about all aspects of family life and to enhance general emotional wellbeing. The book deliberately makes dementia one of many things going on for this family and highlights things that families can still enjoy together. We have included ideas for positive activities at the end of the book as well as puzzle and description pages that children can enjoy doing with a family member, teacher or clinician.

Author : Paul Chambers
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844680511

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British Seashells by Paul Chambers Pdf

Using original Victorian prints, by collectable artist George Sowerby, marine biologist and author Paul Chambers has produced the first comprehensive guide to shells for over a century. The original prints are intricately detailed (much better than photographs which lack the exact detail of these drawings) and are a selling point in themselves but will be complemented by informative but accessible text, including families and to show what's edible, dangerous or belongs to mollusk families and in what part of the country they can be discovered. A delightful study by the leading expert and a must for anyone interested in learning more about shells - or who just enjoys beach combing with the family.

Author : Andrey Ryanskiy
Publisher : Andrey Ryanskiy
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9785604204993

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Living Seashells of the Tropical Indo-Pacific by Andrey Ryanskiy Pdf

Seashell or sea shells are the hard exoskeleton of mollusks such as snails, clams, chitons. For most people, acquaintance with mollusks began with empty shells. These shells often delight the eye with a variety of shapes and colors. Conchology studies the mollusk shells and this science dates back to the 17th century. However, modern science - malacology is the study of mollusks as whole organisms. Today more and more people are interacting with the ocean - divers, snorkelers, beachgoers - all of them often find in the seas not empty shells but live mollusks - living shells, whose appearance is significantly different from museum specimens. This book serves as a tool for identifying such animals. The book covers the region from the Red Sea to Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Guam. Inside the book: • Photographs of 1500+ species, including one hundred cowries (Cypraeidae) and more than one hundred twenty allied cowries (Ovulidae) of the region; • Live photo of hundreds of species have never before appeared in field guides or popular books; • 2600 full-color images; • Convenient pictorial guide at the beginning and index at the end of the book. It is designed for divers, underwater photographers, snorkelers, shell collectors, beachcombers, and nature lovers. Photographs, showing color variations are included. The validity of species names was checked with the help of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).